Posts Tagged fraud lawyer

Once upon a time, Sawtantar Singh Jaspal of Tracy, California had a great job as a manager of Dorfman-Pacific, a wholesale hat maker. Jaspal apparently wasn’t satisfied with his salary so he decided to embezzle $277,079.81 from the company according to charges filed by the San Joaquin District Attorney’s Office. Cops arrested Jamal at his [...]

Periodically, we review the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services enforcement action docket. There are literally tens of thousands of healthcare providers across the country. Most participate in the Medicare or Medicaid health programs. The government periodically audits a small percentage of these providers each year. When a significant problem is uncovered, the government can [...]

Tax evaders are frequently prosecuted but rarely are they arrested. Like many white-collar criminals, they are often given a summons and order to appear in court. Not in Cecil, Georgia. According to reports published by the Valdosta Daily Times, the co-owner of a racetrack was arrested by agents of the Georgia Department of Revenue and [...]

I remember my days as a revenue officer. A pizza parlor often frequented by state revenue department employees had a disturbing habit of not ringing in cash sales. They were instead written in a notebook and change calculated on a calculator. That pizza business wasn’t in business long. Today comes similar news from Pittsburgh of [...]

Morgan Stanley & Co. suffered a $4.5 million arbitration loss before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after a customer complained that the brokerage firm had committed fraud. The customer, Banamex, claimed Morgan Stanley improperly pledged the assets of a wealthy family. Banamex acted as the family’s trustee. The family’s trust claimed the trustee never [...]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged yet another player in the massive Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Nikolai Battoo. Marketed as PIWM, Maven Assurance or Maven Life, the Ponzi scheme is estimated to have raked in over $150 million dollars. Already the principals, Nikolai Battoo and his chief marketer Tracy Sunderlage, have been charged [...]

We normally don’t write stories about corrupt cops. But when the cop is a lead investigator in the Israeli Tax Authority and the Israeli Police, we take notice. When we learn that he allegedly targeted the victims of cases he was assigned, we really take notice. The Times of Israel reported earlier this summer that [...]

Adorean Boleancu, a former financial adviser with both Wells, Fargo and Morgan Stanley, pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing $1.8 million from one of his elderly clients. According to a statement from the Department of Justice, he faces 30 years in prison when sentenced later this year. Often bankers, stockbrokers and financial advisers are the [...]

The Securities & Exchange Commission announced 3 whistleblowers would be receiving approximately $125,000 for providing information about a hedge fund scam. The 3 provided helped the SEC shut down Locust Offshore Management and its CEO, Andrey Hicks. Hicks was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison on related criminal fraud charges. Although it did not [...]

A federal judge in Tampa has barred a Swiss hedge fund from making claims against an alleged Ponzi scheme. In an opinion that could have far reaching implications in other investment fraud cases, the court said the fund shouldn’t be allowed to participate in the claims process because it missed too many red flags before [...]